Lionel Messi apologizes for his messy vacation to Saudi Arabia

Harrison Ford had a hard time fighting back tears at the Cannes Film Festival in the South of France Thursday night. Ford attended the festival with wife Calista Flockhart for the premiere of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." This marks Ford's fifth and final movie in the franchise. Variety reported that once the film concluded, there was a standing ovation that lasted more than five minutes in the Palais des Festivals.

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“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is mostly encouraging. The fifth Harrison Ford-starring Indy flick doesn’t open theatrically until the week of June 30, but Cannes audiences got the first look. “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” debuted at the 2008 Cannes Festival, however, that was days away from its Memorial Day weekend launch.

Academy Award-winning Hotel Rwanda screenwriter and director Terry George is heading to Saudi Arabia for his upcoming film Riverman, to shoot in the country’s burgeoning film production hub of Neom.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Oscar-winning Irish director Terry George (“In the Name of The Father,” “Hotel Rwanda”) is set for Afghanistan-set actioner “Riverman” which will be shot in Saudi Arabia’s NEOM regional production hub. Inspired by true events that unfolded between 2001-2008 during the war in Afghanistan, “Riverman” revolves around a highly decorated Royal Marine named Max who after a series of devastating events goes to the dark side. He is recruited by a private arms dealer to supply weapons to private armies around the world. “Despite being trained to cope with the deadliest situations on Earth, nothing can prepare Max for the high-stakes world of arms dealing,” says the provided synopsis.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi Arabia is flying the flag at the Cannes Film Festival where the kingdom’s Cultural Development Fund officially unveiled two separate film sector funds worth a total of $180 million aimed at fostering the local film industry and attracting international industry players. At a breakfast event titled “A Billion Dollar Opportunity” Mohammed Bin Dayel, who is CEO of the Cultural Development Fund, and the fund’s chief strategy and business development officer Najla AlNomair announced an investment program with a budget of $80 million “that will target film and media production, distribution and infrastructure,” said Bin Dayel. He separately announced Saudi’s first film investment fund worth $100 million.

Hard to keep track? Nick Cannon‘s attempt to individually shower the mothers of his children with love on Mother’s Day went awry.

Mark Schilling Japan Correspondent    The current president of Johnny & Associates, possibly Japan’s most fearsome talent agency, has formally apologized for sexual abuses allegedly committed by her uncle and agency founder, Johnny Kitagawa, against young male talents.   Kitagawa died in 2019, age 87. But an expose aired by the BBC in March this year and personal testimony by former Johnny’s talent Okamoto Kauan at a Tokyo press conference last month, brought matters into the public eye. Okamoto alleged that Kitagawa had repeatedly abused him and others.Japanese media, which had maintained a general, if not universal, silence about Kitagawa’s alleged abuses for decades, has recently been stirred up by the accusations.  

Carlos Alcaraz is showing off his shiny trophy at the 2023 Laureus World Sport Awards!

A friend of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has shared an adorable snap of the couple’s oldest son, Archie, in celebration of the youngster’s fourth birthday. Archie, who lives in California with his parents and younger sister Lilibet, celebrated his birthday on 6 May, which also happened to be the date of his grandfather, King Charles III’s, Coronation at Westminster Abbey. In a sweet tribute to the youngster, photographer Misan Harriman, who is a close friend of Harry and Meghan’s, took to Instagram to send Archie a sweet birthday message.

The Oakland Athletics promised to take action against their play-by-play broadcaster, Glen Kuiper Jr., who apologized Friday after an on-air slip that resulted in an apparent racial slur.

Manchester United fans believe Lionel Messi has received preferential treatment compared to Cristiano Ronaldo following his interview with Piers Morgan.

A$AP Rocky had quite the journey to the Met Gala this year!

Pep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland has the same mentality to improve and score goals as Lionel Messi and warned the rest of the Premier League that the striker will be even better in his second season at Manchester City.

David Beckham recently visited his old stomping grounds in France. The retired soccer legend headed to Paris Saint-Germain’s training ground Thursday where he posed with the players which included, midfielder Marco Verratti, who he played with during his stint in Paris in 2013, and Lionel Messi.What makes the visit interesting is there is speculation that Beckham’s Inter Miami team may be the next jersey the Argentinan wears.Messi, a seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, is one of the most sought out soccer players.

AJ McLean is sharing how he attempted to help Aaron Carter get sober.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Netflix on Thursday dropped its Saudi Arabian psychological thriller “The Matchmaker,” which centers on a married IT worker who becomes infatuated with a beautiful intern at his office and ventures into ground that breaks several types of local boundaries. In the film, which is directed by Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan — whose 2019 directorial debut “Last Visit” depicted Saudi’s patriarchal culture — the protagonist (Hussam Alharthy) winds up following the intern (Nour Alkhadra) to an eerie desert resort where a matchmaker (Reem Alhabib) promises men she will pair them with their perfect bride. The basic premise behind “The Matchmaker,” which is produced by disruptive Saudi shingle Telfaz 11, was to make a genre movie that played on the practice of “misyar,” a no-strings attached marriage often done secretly in Saudi society. Under the rules of “misyar” the wife waives conventional marriage rights such as cohabitation and financial support. The practice has been legal in the conservative Muslim kingdom for decades.

Erling Haaland is in the highest echelon of footballers alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo while also having the "same mentality" as the latter, according to Bernardo Silva.

Upon being appointed as manager of fledgling Major League Soccer side Inter Miami in January 2021, Phil Neville set out a vision: "This fantastic soccer-loving market deserves consistent performances and a winning mentality, and I look forward to getting to work."

Meghan Trainor is walking back her recent comments about teachers that have left her in hot water. The 29-year-old posted a video apologizing for her «careless» comments about teachers and gave an explanation about planning to homeschool her children. «Teachers of TikTok and teachers of the world, I recently said 'F teachers' on the podcast and it’s not how I feel,» the pregnant singer said in the Sunday, April 23,TikTok video. «I was fired up because we were talking about how sending your kid to school here in America is so horrific.»The Mother songstress — who shares son Riley, 2, with husband Daryl Sabara — and her brother Ryan Trainor had welcomed influencer Trisha Paytas to their podcast to discuss parenthood. «We’re homeschooling our kids,” Meghan said during theWednesday, April 19, episode.